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4/10/06 - We took Sissy in and she is indeed in foal.
Her last pregnancy only went 327 days so she could foal earlier
next year. Last year she was a maiden, it was later in the year
(May) and she had a colt.
8/11/06 - Now at 138 days Sissy is holding strong and
looking good. I based it on 330 days since she only went 327
days on her last pregnancy. But that shows when we might start
to see signs.
Foaling Table
8/24/06 - Sissy is 151 days today and she got her
first Pnuemabort shot.
10/26/06 - Sissy got her second Pnuemabort Shot today.
She is looking very pregnant.
12/13/06 - Now at 263 days pregnant! Wow time has passed
by so fast. Sissy is very large now, I will post pictures
tomorrow. I have gone 8 months without riding her and yesterday
I got on herwith nothing but a lead and halter and rode her bare
back all over the place. I noticed a HUGE difference than the
last time I was on her, her belly is sprung out so far I felt I
was riding an elephant. I even felt the foal kick against my leg
once. That is very cool. At feeding time you can see her belly
jumping around with that foal getting active. We will be moving
her into the foaling barn at the end of this month. She does act
more stand offish and does not seem to want to be around the
other horses as much, she will go off by herself in the Lean-to
and sleep for several hours during the day. The only time she
mingles with the herd is at feeding time.
1/2/06 - Sissy is now at 283 days. She got her last
Pnuemabort shot last Thursday. She does not look much different
but is acting very different. I notice she stands with her rear
pressed up against the fence or lean-to often. She is getting
closer ......
1/11/07 - Sissy got her yearly shots today. She is 293
days. She also had her 10 month preg check done to make sure she
was still in foal and there where no problems developing. All is
looking good and we moved her to her foaling environment today
as well.
1/27/07 - Sissy is now at 309 days
today. There have been some noticeable changes over the past
couple of days. Sissy has started eating less, she only eats
about 3/4 of her hay and grain. She also has started developing
an udder, although it does not look like much of an udder there
is swelling in front of her udder and a light yellowish sticky
fluid can be easily expressed. So this is her first sign of
udder development.
2/9/07 - Now at 322 days there has
been noticeable changes that started yesterday. Her udder is
much much fuller, there is now a softening around her tail head
and she has very little resistance in the tail when pulled up,
also her vulva has relaxed. She did not finish her hay this
morning she left well over half in the feeder, and she has had a
soft stool since yesterday. Looks like we are getting close. -
We started testing her Calcium levels and her pH levels
in her milk today. She is 50-Calcium and 8.4-pH so she
should not be foaling tonight. when her levels reach over
200-calcium and her pH drops to below 7.0 foaling is just around
the corner. We will be testing her daily and will post the
results here. We are going to see if the test really works.
2/10/07 - Sissy's stool has gone back
to normal, and she has started eating pretty well again. Her
milk has changed and it is thicker and now harder to see
through, it is also not as yellow.
2/11/07 - 324 Days today. Sissy's
vulva is extremely relaxed and she has absolutely not resistance
when her tial is lifted. Her udders are very large, closer than
ever now, I see an end to this long wait.
2/14/07 - Sissy is now at 327 days the
same time she foaled last time. Changes are noticed in her
attitude. She is usually very sweet and the past few days she
has been a pill, she has been rubbing her butt on her feeder and
the walls most of the time while she is at rest. She has also
been biting her sides and kicking at her belly, and swishing her
tail up and down a lot. Her udder has gone back down some, and
her belly now has sunken in spots just in front of her hip bones.
Her belly is starting to drop.
2/15/07 - Sissy's vulva has started to
tighten again and no longer looks relaxed, and her udder has
deflated some today. She must have changed her mind on having a
foal lol. Things have gone in reverse for us the past few days
:(.
2/19/07 - Some good news! We now have
MILK!!! Colostrum to be exact :). Udder has enlarged again, and
vulva starting to relax again. Let hope she foals while we have
some decent weather this week!
2/21/07 - I thought last night would
be the night she foaled! She had all the signs, pawing, kicking
at her belly, biting at her sides, pacing, frequent urinating
and a very very soft stool, but no waxing or dripping milk yet.
But after a few hours she kicked it off and fell asleep flat out
on her side. Today she has acted normal and has not had any real
changes. She is 334 days today.
2/21/07 - Ok after comparing pictures today
with pictures I took of her the other day, I now see the signs
she showed last night acting like she was going into labor was
the foal moving into position. She has now dropped in the belly.
We should have a foal any day!! "Hopefully"
2/25/07 - Still no foal!! Well we have
not seen much change the past few days other than her being very
uncomfortable. She rubs her butt on things, she bites at her
sides, she yawns a lot, she kicks at her belly, she shifts her
weight back a forth every few minutes when at rest, she only
eats half her hay, but still no baby! I don't know what to think
about it. I guess I will just keep waiting. Milk test are not
changing at all.
2/27/07 - Not much change these days.
Everything still looks about the same. her udder is going down
some in the evening times. Her attitude is still the same, she
sure doesn't look like she will be going in the next few days,
but things could change.
2/28/07 - Some changes today, her
vulva is much more relaxed and her udder is fuller, and no
longer uneven, both sides are now the same size. Milk has
changed from the white to the amber color again :(. Attitude has
changed, she has become VERY clingy and wants to be touching you
all the time.
3/2/07 - Not much of a change. Udder
is larger, and vulva finally relaxed enough to the point I think
she is ready to foal. Will post pictures tomorrow. Fluid
starting to change back to milk :). Could be soon
now................... or maybe not lol.
3/6/07 - Not a lot of changes over the
past few days. Belly seems to be very low and wide. Her appetite
is still the same, she eats everything in site. Vulva is very
relaxed and looks swollen, muscles around tail head are drooping
away from the tail. The inside color of her vulva has changed
from the light pink to the dark scarlet color usually seen just
before foaling. Udders stay enlarged throughout the day on into
the evenings. Still no sign of wax or dripping milk.
3/7/07 - Sissy has had a change in
routine today. She is not standing outside anymore, she stays
inside the barn all day and lays down and acts almost like she
is having some contractions. We also have change in the milk
test!!! I hope we have a foal tonight! Also her nipples have now
filled in, and are pointing outward.
3/8/07 - Well no foal last night. She
was very uncomfortable however. She has not waxed yet. Milk has
changed some more in color and in the test strips. More pictures
where taken today and yesterday and posted below.
3/8/07 - Evening check Sissy's milk is
changing fast. You can see in the pictures below from the ones
taken yesterday to the ones this evening she is getting her milk
in.....again lol. Also the calcium test at 250 and pH is
at 7.2 tonight. So nice seeing those changes. Will be checking
in on her tonight ever hour. I think things are looking good for
a foal before the weekend. That would be great, and give me
plenty of time to work with the little bugger :).
3/9/07 - Milk is now testing at 300
Calcium and 7.0 pH this morning. I think she may foal
tonight!
3/9/07 - Her milk is finally in!!!!!
It is now the opaque white and her milk is testing ready!!!
3/10/07 - NO FOAL!!!! :( I don't know
why, she was up all night, never slept, she paced, she nosed
through the bedding, biting at her side but still no foal. and
now she is happily eating breakfast. I am gong to test her milk
this morning and see if there is any change.
3/10/07 - Just cam back from checking
Sissy it is 10:20 a.m. and we have
WAX!!!! I
am 98% sure she will foal today or tonight since the last time
she foaled she waxed about 3 hours before. I did not test her
milk since we now have wax.
3/10/07 - It's A FILLY!!!! She foaled
a beautiful Palomino filly today at 12:00 this afternoon. More
pictures can be seen on her page under the Foals page.
pH & Calcium levels
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2/9/07 |
2/10/07 |
2/11/07 |
2/12/07 |
2/13/07 |
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pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
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2/14/07 |
2/15/07 |
2/16/07 |
2/17/07 |
2/18/07 |
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pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
did not test |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
did not test |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
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2/19/07 |
2/20/07 |
2/21/07 |
2/22/07 |
2/23/07 |
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pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
did not test |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
did not test |
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2/24/07 |
2/25/07 |
2/26/07 |
2/27/07 |
2/28/07 |
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did not test |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
did not test |
did not test |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
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3/1/07 |
3/2/07 |
3/3/07 |
3/4/07 |
3/5/07 |
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did not test |
did not test |
did not test |
did not test |
pH - 8.4 |
Calcium - 50 |
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3/6/07 |
3/7/07 |
3/8/07 Morning |
3/8/07
Evening |
3/9/07
Morning |
3/9/07
Evening |
3/10/07 |
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did not test |
pH - 7.8 |
Calcium - 100 |
pH - 7.8 |
Calcium - 200 |
pH - 7.2 |
Calcium - 250 |
pH - 7.0 |
Calcium - 300 |
pH - 6.8 |
Calcium - 300 |
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Belly
Pictures
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Udder Pictures
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Vulva & Tail Head Pictures
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309 Days
Tight Vulva not relaxed. |
316 Days
Vulva still tight, no muscle relaxing
in the tail head area |
322 Days
Relaxing around tail head, tail has no
resistance when lifted, and vulva starting to relax. |
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324 Days
Extreme relaxing of the tail head muscles
and vulva looks swollen and very relaxed. |
328 Days
Muscles around tail head still very
relaxed and soft, but vulva has tightened up again.
:( |
329 Days
Vulva now starting to relax again. |
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332 Days
Vulva starting to relax again. |
340 Days |
341 Days
Vulva much more relaxed and some what
gapping open. |
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347 Days
Vuvla very relaxed, the inside color has
changed from the light pink to the scarlet color.
Muscles around tail head fall away from the tail, and
are very relaxed. |
348 Days
Vulva relaxed! |
350 Days |
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